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Born April 6, 1660 • Germany
Died June 5, 1722 (aged 62) • Leipzig • Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
French musician
Antonio Soler
Spanish composer
Louis-Nicholas Clérambault
French musician
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Johann Gottfried Walther
German composer
Johann Jakob Froberger
German composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian composer
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Italian composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Antonio de Cabezón
Spanish composer
Dietrich Buxtehude
Danish composer
Orlando Gibbons
English composer
John Bull
English composer
François Couperin
François Couperin
French composer [1668-1733]
Stainer, Sir John
Sir John Stainer
British composer

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